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Simcha

“Gladness, joy” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1728 in the US (2025) · Trending

Simcha has appeared in US records since 1956 — best rank #1728 (2025) · 2,009 babies named Simcha all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Simchas

• Simcha Rotem — Polish resistance fighter (1924–2018)
• Simcha Blass — Israeli civil engineer (1897–1982)
• Simcha Rothman — Israeli lawyer and politician
• Simcha Dinitz — Israeli diplomat (1929-2003)
• Simcha Jacobovici — Canadian film director

What Simchas become

Among 39 notable people named Simcha:

Artists & writers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Simcha Shirman, German-born Israeli photographer and educator (b. 1947).

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